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SC's new intersession of five wseks will begin May 24 to June 2€, and six units of credit may bt! taken in this period.
The regular 16-week- semester will begin June 28 and will end S<;pt. 17. This period will be called the summer semester. It will be followed by regular 16-week periods until May, 1944.
At the same time as the summer semester, t«?o five-week summer school sessions will begin. These will run parallel with and Trill be coordinated with the 16-n^eek program.
U.P, reports
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Vol. XXXIV
NAS—Z-43
Los Angeles, Thursday, Apr. 8, 1943
Nicht Phone: RI. 5472
No. 122
Registrar releases grades today
Russ smash attack
Russians smash new mass attacks by German tanks and motorized shock troops on Donets river line; vigorous action reported ln Kuban bridgehead, along Azov ccast west of Rostov and between Leningrad and Lake Ilmen.
lazis prepare for worst
German low country troops to *>ld anti-invasion maneuvers; axis :*h commands to hold Brenner ?ass meeting; allied raids decrease ut German planes attack two Brit-ti coastal towns.
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ritish withdraw 13 miles
British-Indian troops withdraw 13 lies from advanced positions in layu peninsula to avoid Japanese ap; predict further retreat before onsoon season, less than a month way.
rojans blank hittier, 6-0
Earl (Ace) Chambers, Troy’s senor side-arm twirler of ambition, nocked on the door of the mythical all of fame yesterday and ultimately pitched a two-hit 6-0 vic-ory over Whittier on Bovard field, t was Troy's fifth league victory gainst no defeats.
Earl held the Poets hitless for ix full innings. Bob Tuttle, Whit-ier pitcher, blasted a hard hit ball lown the third base line for a sin-ie in the seventh. Roger Combs atted down the ball but couldn’t lake the throw in time. The other oet hit came in the eighth.
Earl fanned 11 batsmen, allowed nly two walks, and only four of is pitches were knocked out of the lfield. Combs got a pair of hits, en McCreight and Don Palmer oubled.
Line score:
R. H. E.
rojans ............012 020 100—6 9 0
ittier..............000 000 000—0 2 1
Students learn point average for last term
Long-awaited grades for the recently completed fall semester will be distributed today starting at 8:30 a.m. from the cashier’s window in the arcade of Administration building.
Students will not be issued grade reports unless they present their student body cards, according to the registiar’s office. Grade reports—at fir?t expected to be out quicker than those for any previous semester—were held up because of a shortage of report forms and help in the registrar’s office.
“All grade reports not picked up at the window—including those fo: SC students now in the armed forces—will be sent to the home addresses of the students,” stated Howard Patmore, associate registrar of the university.
Fraternity and sorority grade averages will be delayed at least two more weeks.
Pi Lambda won the fraternity scholarship race last year with a 1.689 average.
Alpha Epsilon Phi won the sorority scholarship cup with a 1.69 average, the highest in the history of the university.
arnival plans
will be discussed and the floor lan drawn up today at 1 pm. at ;he Y house by the following girls, vho are asked to report: Dorothy 3reiner, Margaret Mary Del Bon-lio, Pat Muller, Mary Lou Royal, Virginia Hoose. and Peggy Servais. t is important that the work on the plan be started immediately Dolleen Phipps, chairman, emphasized.
Dean Bacon calls fraternity group, SC housemothers
Members of the interfratemity council and all sorcrity housemothers will attend a meeting tonight at 7 called by Dr. Francis M. Macon, counselor cf men, and Bob Fiske, president of the inter fraternity council, at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house.
Surveying of fraternity manpower is nearing completion, according to Fiske, and a detailed report on house ownership and manpower will be discussed.
“I don’t believe any house will be forced to turn over pioperty, but fraternities may con ~i der leasing houses because of the financial benefits that might ensue,” stated Fiske.
Dr. von KleinSmid explains pan-American affairs today
Symbolic of the solidarity existing between South American nations and the United States, SC’s International Relations club will combine with the Pan-American league this noon at Elizabeth'-von KleinSmid hall to hear President Rufus B. von KleinSmid speak on inter-American affairs. t
Dr. von KleinSmid, who is chancellor of the Los Angeles University of International
7 ‘ Relations, has traveled widely in
Engineers will give blood until all corpuscles sampled
War Board
. members will meet at ‘ 4 p.m. today in the senate room, 418 Student Union.
President s office notice
Many students, parents, and other friends of the University have made inquiry relative to the program which will obtain after the ^lose of this present semester on May 22.
In answer, let me say the University of Southern California will maintain its regular program as It has been maintained during the past year, and, in addition to presenting a schedule for its full-time and'part-time student body working toward the fulfillments of degree requirements, will contract with certain branches of the armed forces for the training of enlisted men and prospective officers through a series of special programs. One hears the expression, “being taken over by the navy.” The expression more properly should be, “entering into contract-relationship with the navy” whereby special courses are offered to assigned groups sent for preparatipn in distinct fields of war service.
Since the regular programs of our schools and colleges will be offered, we should expect the usual student body exclusive of enlisted men. Especially are arrangements being made in order that women students who desire it may take so-called “war minors” in addition to the courses regularly taken for degree. There is every indication that the enroUment of women students during the next academic year will be larger even than during the present term.
War service by the force of circumstances is, of course, first in the interest of those able to work directly with or for the armed forces. Education is easily first in the plans of women who must not only “hold the fort,” educationally speaking, during war, but prepare to make the largest contribution to peaceful living after the war is over. To this end the University carries on.
Dr. R. B. von KleinSmid.
Engineers will have one more week in which to make the blood flow free and fast enough to reach their goal of 409 pints, one pint per man. The time was extended because of the fact that not all of the freshmen and sophomores have been notified in time to make appointments at the blood bank this week.
Still quite a distance away from their quota, the engineers have contributed a total of 94 pints. The electrical engineers are falling after an early start, but they expect “to pour the blood” this weekend and thus have no trouble getting back into top position.
Vieing for the honor of being the “bloodiest” engineer are Edgar Stoner, in ihe chemical department, and _.“B 1 o o d y ..Bill”
Shallenberg ..of the mechanics who have each given four pints.
According to the slowly rising thermometers in the College of Engineering. the chemical engineers have to date contributed 22 per cent of their quota, the petroleums, 2 per cent, the mechanicals, 23 per cent, the civils, 17 per cent, and the electricals, 27 per cent.
Those who are interested should make an appointment either at the blood bank or by calling R0-0121 or at the dean of the College of Engineering’s office. A note with the student’s name and with the date of the appointment should be put in a box by the blood poster in the hall of the Engineering building.
Social workers hold discussion
Dr. Harleigh B. Trecker, associate professor of social work, will be in charge this week of the faculty-student seminar, for students in the Graduate School of Sccial Work, which will be held tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the YWCA house.
“Some Recent Experimentation and Research with Implications for Group Work,” will be the topic for discussion. This is the sixth in a series of monthly meetings that are being held by the School of Social Work faculty. Ail students in the school are invited to attend.
Drama Workshop
. members who gave $75 proceeds from their performance, of “Lost Horizon” to the Red Cross, will meet at 3:15 p.m. in Touchstone theater. Election of officers will be brought up.
V-1 men take examinations
Qualification examinations for all men in V-l who will have completed 60 or more units of their college course by July 1 will be given Apr. 20 in 302 law building, Dr. Albert S. Raubenheimer, armed forces representative at SC, revealed yesterday.
The exact hour of the examinations will be announced next week by Dr. R. R. G. Watt, director of the University Junior college. A list of men eligible for the test will be posted outside 200 Administration building. 1
Premedical and predental students in V-l may, upon request, be excused from taking the test. Dr. Raubenheimer, however, urged these students to take the test in order that they may qualify for other duty if not selected for medical or dental training.
Latin America and is particularly qualified to speak on the topic, ac cording to Dan Halpin, IRC president.
His speech will be concerned with Important items of reconstruction as affecting pan-Americanism, he stated yesterday.
The sponsors of this meeting placed the date just before the annual Pan-American day of next Tuesday, which will be celebrated in this city at the plaza near Olvera street. The president will deliver a speech at that time.
In order to attend the luncheon, students must have already made reservations, bat anyone may come to hear the president’s address at 12:30 p.m., Raphael Es-calleon, president of the Pan-American league, announced.
Also on Dr. von KleinSmid’s speech calendar is an address to Lockheed employees in Burbank next week and commencement speech at the graduation of 600 army air corps trainees from the Anderson organization of this city. He is scheduled to appear kit a Pan-American festival in Taft next week.
Yanks join
8th army at Guettar
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, April 7—(UP)— The British eighth army and the second U. S. army corps made an historic junction of their forces 15 miles southeast of El Guettar today, completing the allied offensive arc around axis forces retreating «iorth from the broken Wadi Akarit line.
A special allied communique disclosed the long-awaited meeting of the British and American armies in central Tunesia and front dispatches indicated they may have trapped and taken prisoner numerous axis troops below the Kafsa-Gabes road which is now in allied hands.
The location of the junction, south of Djebel Chemsi on the Gafsa-Gabes road suggested that the eighth army had sent units up the road from the Oudref area while the Americans tied up strong enemy tank forces east of El Guettar to screen a British flank drive around Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s right wing.
The Americans were in armored scout cars, Ault reported, and encountered no enemy opposition.
They merely advanced along the road until they met the patrols of the eighth army. They climbed from their cars, shook hands with the men of the other party, and had their pictures taken.
Outflanked and with the Akarit position crumbled, enemy columns were reported puUing out of the entire El Guittar-Akarit-Maknas-sy triangle under fierce bombardment by an Anglo - American bomber-fighter squadron even as the Americans and the eighth army unified their forces aground.
Williams
. . . club will hold a dinner meeting tonight from 5 to 7 in the YWCA house. AH Baptist students are invited. The price of the dinner is 40 cents.
Education major dies
Evelyn Johnson, 19-year-old sophomore education major at SC, died Mar. 16.
Miss Johnson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Johnson, 654 East 81st street, is survived by her sister Esther and four brothers, Arthur, Lawrence, Walter, and Ar-vin, all residents of Les Angeles.
Miss Johnson was a member of Phrateres and YWCA while at SC.
Polyzoides reviews book on peace
"There are eight reasons for war,” said Dr. Adamantios Th. Polyzoides, lecturer in international relations yesterday, in reviewing “Problems of a Lasting Peace” by Herbert Hoover, ex-president of the United States, and Hugh Gibson, former United States diplomat, in the Art and Lecture room of Doheny library.
Newman club
, . . will meet in the Student Union lounge at 7:30 tonight. All Catholic students are invited to attend. Plans for the picnic with the UCLA Newman club, which have already been formulated, will be discussed and completed. Refreshments and entertainment will follow the meeting.
“Clashing ideologies include nationalism, imperialism, militarism, fear, hate, revenge, and economic pressure.**
Dr. Polyzoides stated that "to combat these causes and insure a lasting peace the authors suggest several measures which include full agreement and cooperation between the nations of the world, reconstruction of war-devastated areas, adoption and application of a sound, equitable peace plan, an international council of peace to settle world disputes, demobilization of all the world’s armed forces, freedom of government, and prevention o1 famine throughout the world.”
Of what to do with Germany after the war Dr. Polyzoides states, “the authors advance the idea that a unified Germany is inevitable, and that the solution to the problem lies in the reeducation of Germany in the ways of the democracies. They advocate sending refugees to rebuild backward areas, punishment of those responsible for the war, and no reparations payments whatever.’*
Welcome back
Troy greets own aviation heroes
Visiting the campus yesterday were two SC graduates now serving in the army air corps, Lt. Ashley Orr, who has received an air medal for an attach on Jap installations in the Aleutians, and Capt. Robert Simeral, recently returned from the European theater.
Lieutenant Orr, ’40, was decorated for his part in a daring attack on Attu in which a Japanese
raid.
While at SC, Lieutenant Orr was affiliated with Delta Chi fraternity and was a member of Blue Key. Graduated from the School of Government, he was studying law at the time of his enlistment.
Just back from the European theater is Capt. Robert Simeral, ’40,
who was enrolled in the College of Engineering at Troy. He was squad-
transport was bombed and sunk in the harbor. His medium bomber ron commander in charge of escort-
was badly damaged during
welcomed back to SC by Troy’s the1 ing a heavy bombardment group first lady, Charlotte Quinn.
from the United States to a European base. He has seen three years of service in the air corps.
Seen in the Caribbean by Capt. Simeral were'former Trojans First Lt. Dick Whitney, and Frank Kurtz, lieutenant colonel at 31, pilot of the Swoose, heroic flying fortress. Lt. Col. Kurtz is holder of the distinguished flying cross, the silver star.
Officers Orr and Simeral were
Tall tales fly about plagues among cadets
It Is rumored that there is an epidemic of measles and mumps rampant among the navy contingent on campus. This statement cannot be proved, but those large lumps decorating the necks of the men-about-campus could not be from spring fever.
The reporter sent out to get the facts and figures stumbled back into the office wrapped in red tape. It teems that mumps and measles are military secrets. Navy men do not get either ‘ of the plagues that haunt babies, children, and college students.
The cadets themselves were singularly secretive about the whole subject. Cadet Doug Mikolas looked completely innocent and said, His companions, Cadets McCann and Mandick, happily sipped their cokes and smilingly shrugged their shoulders. Not daunted by this, the reporter, according to her notes, headed in the direction of Owens halL As she reached the step* she was bowled over by either platoon one or six. Picking herself up, she moved with sinking heart into the dim region beyond. There were no obvious signs of measles sprinkling the walls with large pink spots; however, the first officer questioned looked toward the infirmary with a worried expression.
That Is all that can be reported. The rest is a secret known only to God and the navy.

erised
chedule
- !
SC's new intersession of five wseks will begin May 24 to June 2€, and six units of credit may bt! taken in this period.
The regular 16-week- semester will begin June 28 and will end Sld anti-invasion maneuvers; axis :*h commands to hold Brenner ?ass meeting; allied raids decrease ut German planes attack two Brit-ti coastal towns.
9
ritish withdraw 13 miles
British-Indian troops withdraw 13 lies from advanced positions in layu peninsula to avoid Japanese ap; predict further retreat before onsoon season, less than a month way.
rojans blank hittier, 6-0
Earl (Ace) Chambers, Troy’s senor side-arm twirler of ambition, nocked on the door of the mythical all of fame yesterday and ultimately pitched a two-hit 6-0 vic-ory over Whittier on Bovard field, t was Troy's fifth league victory gainst no defeats.
Earl held the Poets hitless for ix full innings. Bob Tuttle, Whit-ier pitcher, blasted a hard hit ball lown the third base line for a sin-ie in the seventh. Roger Combs atted down the ball but couldn’t lake the throw in time. The other oet hit came in the eighth.
Earl fanned 11 batsmen, allowed nly two walks, and only four of is pitches were knocked out of the lfield. Combs got a pair of hits, en McCreight and Don Palmer oubled.
Line score:
R. H. E.
rojans ............012 020 100—6 9 0
ittier..............000 000 000—0 2 1
Students learn point average for last term
Long-awaited grades for the recently completed fall semester will be distributed today starting at 8:30 a.m. from the cashier’s window in the arcade of Administration building.
Students will not be issued grade reports unless they present their student body cards, according to the registiar’s office. Grade reports—at fir?t expected to be out quicker than those for any previous semester—were held up because of a shortage of report forms and help in the registrar’s office.
“All grade reports not picked up at the window—including those fo: SC students now in the armed forces—will be sent to the home addresses of the students,” stated Howard Patmore, associate registrar of the university.
Fraternity and sorority grade averages will be delayed at least two more weeks.
Pi Lambda won the fraternity scholarship race last year with a 1.689 average.
Alpha Epsilon Phi won the sorority scholarship cup with a 1.69 average, the highest in the history of the university.
arnival plans
will be discussed and the floor lan drawn up today at 1 pm. at ;he Y house by the following girls, vho are asked to report: Dorothy 3reiner, Margaret Mary Del Bon-lio, Pat Muller, Mary Lou Royal, Virginia Hoose. and Peggy Servais. t is important that the work on the plan be started immediately Dolleen Phipps, chairman, emphasized.
Dean Bacon calls fraternity group, SC housemothers
Members of the interfratemity council and all sorcrity housemothers will attend a meeting tonight at 7 called by Dr. Francis M. Macon, counselor cf men, and Bob Fiske, president of the inter fraternity council, at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house.
Surveying of fraternity manpower is nearing completion, according to Fiske, and a detailed report on house ownership and manpower will be discussed.
“I don’t believe any house will be forced to turn over pioperty, but fraternities may con ~i der leasing houses because of the financial benefits that might ensue,” stated Fiske.
Dr. von KleinSmid explains pan-American affairs today
Symbolic of the solidarity existing between South American nations and the United States, SC’s International Relations club will combine with the Pan-American league this noon at Elizabeth'-von KleinSmid hall to hear President Rufus B. von KleinSmid speak on inter-American affairs. t
Dr. von KleinSmid, who is chancellor of the Los Angeles University of International
7 ‘ Relations, has traveled widely in
Engineers will give blood until all corpuscles sampled
War Board
. members will meet at ‘ 4 p.m. today in the senate room, 418 Student Union.
President s office notice
Many students, parents, and other friends of the University have made inquiry relative to the program which will obtain after the ^lose of this present semester on May 22.
In answer, let me say the University of Southern California will maintain its regular program as It has been maintained during the past year, and, in addition to presenting a schedule for its full-time and'part-time student body working toward the fulfillments of degree requirements, will contract with certain branches of the armed forces for the training of enlisted men and prospective officers through a series of special programs. One hears the expression, “being taken over by the navy.” The expression more properly should be, “entering into contract-relationship with the navy” whereby special courses are offered to assigned groups sent for preparatipn in distinct fields of war service.
Since the regular programs of our schools and colleges will be offered, we should expect the usual student body exclusive of enlisted men. Especially are arrangements being made in order that women students who desire it may take so-called “war minors” in addition to the courses regularly taken for degree. There is every indication that the enroUment of women students during the next academic year will be larger even than during the present term.
War service by the force of circumstances is, of course, first in the interest of those able to work directly with or for the armed forces. Education is easily first in the plans of women who must not only “hold the fort,” educationally speaking, during war, but prepare to make the largest contribution to peaceful living after the war is over. To this end the University carries on.
Dr. R. B. von KleinSmid.
Engineers will have one more week in which to make the blood flow free and fast enough to reach their goal of 409 pints, one pint per man. The time was extended because of the fact that not all of the freshmen and sophomores have been notified in time to make appointments at the blood bank this week.
Still quite a distance away from their quota, the engineers have contributed a total of 94 pints. The electrical engineers are falling after an early start, but they expect “to pour the blood” this weekend and thus have no trouble getting back into top position.
Vieing for the honor of being the “bloodiest” engineer are Edgar Stoner, in ihe chemical department, and _.“B 1 o o d y ..Bill”
Shallenberg ..of the mechanics who have each given four pints.
According to the slowly rising thermometers in the College of Engineering. the chemical engineers have to date contributed 22 per cent of their quota, the petroleums, 2 per cent, the mechanicals, 23 per cent, the civils, 17 per cent, and the electricals, 27 per cent.
Those who are interested should make an appointment either at the blood bank or by calling R0-0121 or at the dean of the College of Engineering’s office. A note with the student’s name and with the date of the appointment should be put in a box by the blood poster in the hall of the Engineering building.
Social workers hold discussion
Dr. Harleigh B. Trecker, associate professor of social work, will be in charge this week of the faculty-student seminar, for students in the Graduate School of Sccial Work, which will be held tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the YWCA house.
“Some Recent Experimentation and Research with Implications for Group Work,” will be the topic for discussion. This is the sixth in a series of monthly meetings that are being held by the School of Social Work faculty. Ail students in the school are invited to attend.
Drama Workshop
. members who gave $75 proceeds from their performance, of “Lost Horizon” to the Red Cross, will meet at 3:15 p.m. in Touchstone theater. Election of officers will be brought up.
V-1 men take examinations
Qualification examinations for all men in V-l who will have completed 60 or more units of their college course by July 1 will be given Apr. 20 in 302 law building, Dr. Albert S. Raubenheimer, armed forces representative at SC, revealed yesterday.
The exact hour of the examinations will be announced next week by Dr. R. R. G. Watt, director of the University Junior college. A list of men eligible for the test will be posted outside 200 Administration building. 1
Premedical and predental students in V-l may, upon request, be excused from taking the test. Dr. Raubenheimer, however, urged these students to take the test in order that they may qualify for other duty if not selected for medical or dental training.
Latin America and is particularly qualified to speak on the topic, ac cording to Dan Halpin, IRC president.
His speech will be concerned with Important items of reconstruction as affecting pan-Americanism, he stated yesterday.
The sponsors of this meeting placed the date just before the annual Pan-American day of next Tuesday, which will be celebrated in this city at the plaza near Olvera street. The president will deliver a speech at that time.
In order to attend the luncheon, students must have already made reservations, bat anyone may come to hear the president’s address at 12:30 p.m., Raphael Es-calleon, president of the Pan-American league, announced.
Also on Dr. von KleinSmid’s speech calendar is an address to Lockheed employees in Burbank next week and commencement speech at the graduation of 600 army air corps trainees from the Anderson organization of this city. He is scheduled to appear kit a Pan-American festival in Taft next week.
Yanks join
8th army at Guettar
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, April 7—(UP)— The British eighth army and the second U. S. army corps made an historic junction of their forces 15 miles southeast of El Guettar today, completing the allied offensive arc around axis forces retreating «iorth from the broken Wadi Akarit line.
A special allied communique disclosed the long-awaited meeting of the British and American armies in central Tunesia and front dispatches indicated they may have trapped and taken prisoner numerous axis troops below the Kafsa-Gabes road which is now in allied hands.
The location of the junction, south of Djebel Chemsi on the Gafsa-Gabes road suggested that the eighth army had sent units up the road from the Oudref area while the Americans tied up strong enemy tank forces east of El Guettar to screen a British flank drive around Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s right wing.
The Americans were in armored scout cars, Ault reported, and encountered no enemy opposition.
They merely advanced along the road until they met the patrols of the eighth army. They climbed from their cars, shook hands with the men of the other party, and had their pictures taken.
Outflanked and with the Akarit position crumbled, enemy columns were reported puUing out of the entire El Guittar-Akarit-Maknas-sy triangle under fierce bombardment by an Anglo - American bomber-fighter squadron even as the Americans and the eighth army unified their forces aground.
Williams
. . . club will hold a dinner meeting tonight from 5 to 7 in the YWCA house. AH Baptist students are invited. The price of the dinner is 40 cents.
Education major dies
Evelyn Johnson, 19-year-old sophomore education major at SC, died Mar. 16.
Miss Johnson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Johnson, 654 East 81st street, is survived by her sister Esther and four brothers, Arthur, Lawrence, Walter, and Ar-vin, all residents of Les Angeles.
Miss Johnson was a member of Phrateres and YWCA while at SC.
Polyzoides reviews book on peace
"There are eight reasons for war,” said Dr. Adamantios Th. Polyzoides, lecturer in international relations yesterday, in reviewing “Problems of a Lasting Peace” by Herbert Hoover, ex-president of the United States, and Hugh Gibson, former United States diplomat, in the Art and Lecture room of Doheny library.
Newman club
, . . will meet in the Student Union lounge at 7:30 tonight. All Catholic students are invited to attend. Plans for the picnic with the UCLA Newman club, which have already been formulated, will be discussed and completed. Refreshments and entertainment will follow the meeting.
“Clashing ideologies include nationalism, imperialism, militarism, fear, hate, revenge, and economic pressure.**
Dr. Polyzoides stated that "to combat these causes and insure a lasting peace the authors suggest several measures which include full agreement and cooperation between the nations of the world, reconstruction of war-devastated areas, adoption and application of a sound, equitable peace plan, an international council of peace to settle world disputes, demobilization of all the world’s armed forces, freedom of government, and prevention o1 famine throughout the world.”
Of what to do with Germany after the war Dr. Polyzoides states, “the authors advance the idea that a unified Germany is inevitable, and that the solution to the problem lies in the reeducation of Germany in the ways of the democracies. They advocate sending refugees to rebuild backward areas, punishment of those responsible for the war, and no reparations payments whatever.’*
Welcome back
Troy greets own aviation heroes
Visiting the campus yesterday were two SC graduates now serving in the army air corps, Lt. Ashley Orr, who has received an air medal for an attach on Jap installations in the Aleutians, and Capt. Robert Simeral, recently returned from the European theater.
Lieutenant Orr, ’40, was decorated for his part in a daring attack on Attu in which a Japanese
raid.
While at SC, Lieutenant Orr was affiliated with Delta Chi fraternity and was a member of Blue Key. Graduated from the School of Government, he was studying law at the time of his enlistment.
Just back from the European theater is Capt. Robert Simeral, ’40,
who was enrolled in the College of Engineering at Troy. He was squad-
transport was bombed and sunk in the harbor. His medium bomber ron commander in charge of escort-
was badly damaged during
welcomed back to SC by Troy’s the1 ing a heavy bombardment group first lady, Charlotte Quinn.
from the United States to a European base. He has seen three years of service in the air corps.
Seen in the Caribbean by Capt. Simeral were'former Trojans First Lt. Dick Whitney, and Frank Kurtz, lieutenant colonel at 31, pilot of the Swoose, heroic flying fortress. Lt. Col. Kurtz is holder of the distinguished flying cross, the silver star.
Officers Orr and Simeral were
Tall tales fly about plagues among cadets
It Is rumored that there is an epidemic of measles and mumps rampant among the navy contingent on campus. This statement cannot be proved, but those large lumps decorating the necks of the men-about-campus could not be from spring fever.
The reporter sent out to get the facts and figures stumbled back into the office wrapped in red tape. It teems that mumps and measles are military secrets. Navy men do not get either ‘ of the plagues that haunt babies, children, and college students.
The cadets themselves were singularly secretive about the whole subject. Cadet Doug Mikolas looked completely innocent and said, His companions, Cadets McCann and Mandick, happily sipped their cokes and smilingly shrugged their shoulders. Not daunted by this, the reporter, according to her notes, headed in the direction of Owens halL As she reached the step* she was bowled over by either platoon one or six. Picking herself up, she moved with sinking heart into the dim region beyond. There were no obvious signs of measles sprinkling the walls with large pink spots; however, the first officer questioned looked toward the infirmary with a worried expression.
That Is all that can be reported. The rest is a secret known only to God and the navy.